Remodeling Activity Slows Down Nationwide As Recession Sets In

Home-repairs If you have some money lying around and are looking to do a remodeling job soon, this is the time to step up to the plate. With the slowdown of new construction and people pinching the pennies, remodelers are having ... t they. The remodeling market is tightening due to more home builders taking on remodeling work, creating [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 22:30:01

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Upcoming Events in the Twin Cities

Green Building? Healthy Living? Foreclosure Classes? It’s all real estate related ... , by the National Building Museum, is billed as “the first to explore the field of green residential ... .  There isn’t much information available, but a four-part home remodeling and construction class called [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 13:00:48

RGLC - Running Up Briskly

Regal Life Concepts, Inc. engages in the marketing and distribution of bamboo flooring in North America. These products are used principally in new residential construction, as well as in home improvement, remodeling, and repair work. The company, formerly known as Regal Rock, Inc., was founded [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 14:50:06

Remodeling Activity Slowsdown

If you have some money lying around and are looking to do a remodeling job soon, this is the time to step up to the plate. With the slowdown of new construction and people pinching the pennies, remodelers are having ... , don’t they. The remodeling market is tightening due to more home builders taking on remodeling work [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 16:31:30

LEED Certification in Your Remodeling and Construction Projects

So you’re getting ready to remodel your home and you want to go green as much as possible because you’re trying to be more environmentally ... and development practices. LEED is also a nationally recognized, third party certification system [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 10:15:29

LEED Certification in Your Remodeling and Construction Projects

So you’re getting ready to remodel your home and you want to go green as much as possible because you’re trying to be more environmentally ... and development practices. LEED is also a nationally recognized, third party certification system [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 11:00:17

HBPI - 75% Pullback From Lows

Huttig Building Products, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes millwork, building materials, and wood products used in new residential construction, home improvement, remodeling, and repair work in the United States. It offers millwork products that include exterior and interior doors, pre [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 14:59:37

Flip that house! ~ Exterior Reveal!

Flip That HouseFirst of all, I have to set something straight right away ... , but they are VASTLY different from the experience we have had with remodeling our home. Looking back ... discussing the construction loan, we told the loan officer that we needed a hobby. Well, needless [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 12:33:00

Bad Credit Home Improvement Personal Loan

Bad Credit Home Improvement Personal Loan By Lauren Thompson | December 20, 2008 by Ada Denis If your house is in shambles, ... decision making. Old houses or homes with faulty construction need heavy repairs and remodelling ... need urgent repairs. You may want to extend the house, add another floor. If you’ve not planned [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 19:24:55

Getting Started In Your Bathroom

Getting Started In Your Bathroom January 20th, 2009 — Home Bathroom designs are often given low priority while home remodeling or construction. But it does not always have to be that way [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 18:41:09

Remodeling Tricks For Your Old Bedroom

by Alix Montoya There are literally hundreds of ideas for simple remodeling jobs for an old bedroom available in the market nowadays ... , your bedroom is your refuge during troubling times. Keep in mind that you need to keep it as cozy ... Tags: bedroom, building, construction, contractor, design, fabric, Home & Garden, home improvement [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:41:07

Tile Man Construction - Makeover or Remodel Small Bathroom

If you do not want to spend a huge amount of money on your remodel, you can improve your home by remodeling your small bathroom. jacksondecosta posted 101 minutes ago [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 11:05:13

Earn A Living in Bathroom Remodeling

For over a dozen years, my career was in the new-home construction business ... -modeling business who happened to need some help on an upcoming Bathroom Remodeling job he was starting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 15:21:21

McCain Hid Six Figure Home Repair Under Fake Name

Wonder what he was hiding? In 1986, when then-Rep. McCain was running for the Senate seat vacated by Barry Goldwater, he quietly began remodeling ... project — which included the construction of a 4,000-square-foot addition, swimming pool, jacuzzi [more...]

Date: 2008-08-23 11:23:06

That Was a Doozy!

Last Friday, when we noted that many home-buyers were suddenly getting off the dime, ... Association of Realtors because it excludes the distorting effects of remodeling and new construction [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 13:52:25

New Building Materials Go Green

The year’s newest home-building technologies are related to green building and reducing the amount of energy that is consumed every day, such as  low-energy choices, including light-emitting diodes and manifold plumbing systems.  Whether residential or commercial and remodeling, they are becoming prevalent in new construction [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:52:19

When the Truth Finally Hits Home

I am finally stressed out about the economy.I found myself awake at 1: ... . The construction companies are slowing down, nobody is building houses or remodeling like they were two years ... the day away. I could search for cheap do-it-yourself projects and put on my tool belt.What I can't [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:40:00

Cole-gate: Colemans' rennovations overlap with payments to Laurie's company, DC house buy

Norm Coleman was undertaking an expensive home renovation project when his friend and benefactor Nasser Kazeminy allegedly ordered a cash transfer ... records of the remodeling project. Original projections in 2006 estimated a cost of $328,000, but four months later, the construction cost was estimated at $414,000, over-budget by $86,000. During [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 23:16:33

Tuesday morning links

TOP STORIES Citigroup to help at-risk borrowers stay in homes - AP Obama Asks Bush to Provide Help for Automakers - NY Times G20 summit may be ... - Econompicdata Growth in Basement Remodeling Undeterred by Sluggish Housing Market - MarketWatch FED ... has dropped 70% - TimesOnline Las Vegas Sands halts Macau construction - MarketWatch INTERESTING [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 14:55:46

Learning Happens Daily - Laws Regarding Contractors/Remodelers

 The weather in 2008 was hard on people and their homes all over our great Country from hurricane Ike, to deadly tornado’s and ice/snow storms ... today regarding remodeling projects and wanted to pass the information on just in case you had not heard ... that exceed a cost of $10,000.00 with the Texas Residential Construction Commission. The commission [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 04:24:43

Did Norm Coleman Take Funneled Cash To Help With Over-Budgeted Home Renovations?

The Minnesota Senate recount may be a second-thought for Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) ... agree to share billing records of the remodeling project. Original projections in 2006 estimated a cost of $328,000, but four months later, the construction cost was estimated at $414,000, over-budget [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 22:22:54

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